Wooden Gear Clock

[berry]

I added all the wheels and turned the unit by hand and everything worked fine. Then I added the pallet and pendulum, they have a very tight tolerance and the clock kept stopping. I played with it a little at a time sanding a tooth or one of the important faces on the pallet. Pretty soon everything was working.

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The clock is losing about an hour a day and I don’t have the line on the weights set correctly yet. But I’m not going to make any changes for a couple weeks. I want to see if it breaks-in. If the clock loses time the pendulum shaft needs to be shortened.

Here are a couple of YouTube links to the clock in operation. My old camera doesn’t do it justice in particular you don’t get the great sound the clock makes.

http://youtu.be/qKMOcGxNiBI
http://youtu.be/WcCZnA5wtNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj3Ayiu69TI

I’m from the period when time came from Bulova, not Verizon. I find it relaxing and intriguing to measure time without batteries or satellites or being connected to some network. And I’m sure I’ll build another clock.

Happy New Year to one and all!

[camerio]

Very good work and very special !
Keep us informed of any other projects .
Now you've got the 'TIME'

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I added all the wheels and turned the unit by hand and everything worked fine. Then I added the pallet and pendulum, they have a very tight tolerance and the clock kept stopping. I played with it a little at a time sanding a tooth or one of the important faces on the pallet. Pretty soon everything was working.

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The clock is losing about an hour a day and I don’t have the line on the weights set correctly yet. But I’m not going to make any changes for a couple weeks. I want to see if it breaks-in. If the clock loses time the pendulum shaft needs to be shortened.

Here are a couple of YouTube links to the clock in operation. My old camera doesn’t do it justice in particular you don’t get the great sound the clock makes.

http://youtu.be/qKMOcGxNiBI
http://youtu.be/WcCZnA5wtNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj3Ayiu69TI

I’m from the period when time came from Bulova, not Verizon. I find it relaxing and intriguing to measure time without batteries or satellites or being connected to some network. And I’m sure I’ll build another clock.

Happy New Year to one and all!

Move the bob up about 3 inches.